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Michael Foot RIP

Despite not being old enough to remember Michael Foot’s time in parliament, he is someone I have since read a lot about and admired. So, I was very sad to hear about his death at the ripe old age of 96 yesterday.
While politically my views generally tally with Mr Foot’s, I know people across the [...]

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March 4, 2010 by Kirsty in news & media, politics
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Countdown to the first NTTVBG Meeting

Just to remind  all interested parties that tomorrow sees the inaugural meeting of the Not the TV Book Group. Our first book is Brodeck’s Report by Philippe Claudel, so please do join us tomorrow over at Dovegrey Reader Scribbles.
In the meantime, we’re all delighted that there is a lovely blog up at The Guardian website [...]

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February 6, 2010 by Kirsty in blogs, news & media, not the tv book group
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Natasha Walter in The Guardian

One of the books I am most looking forward to reading soon is Natasha Walter’s forthcoming book Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism. My copy is pre-ordered! Seven days to go!
Kira Cochrane interviewed her for The Guardian a couple of days ago:
Walter and her partner have two ­children, Clara, nine, and Arthur, one, and it [...]

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January 28, 2010 by Kirsty in book news, feminism, news & media, politics, women's history
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On Inspiration and Education

I finished The Earth Hums in B Flat last night. I loved it, and will be writing a post on it very soon. The book I started next, though, is a bit of a 20th century classic, and I can’t believe I’ve never read it before: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark.
It’s [...]

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January 19, 2010 by Kirsty in education, feminism, fiction, news & media, politics
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11th Annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance

Today is the 11th Annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance. These people can talk about it far more eloquently than I can:

International Transgender Day of Remembrance website
Helen at Bird of Paradox (and The F Word)
Queenemily at Questioning Transphobia
Ruth at Look Left of the Pleiades
Lucy at Catspaw
Arwyn at Raising my Boychick

To quote Helen:
Today, 20th November 2009, [...]

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November 20, 2009 by Kirsty in blogs, feminism, news & media, politics
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Museum of Storytelling

Here’s a good thing. A museum of storytelling in Oxford is getting the go-ahead after an anonymous £2.5m donation.
From Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland to JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth, CS Lewis’s Narnia and the parallel universes of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, Oxford has played host to some of the UK’s most enduring literary creations. Now a £2.5m [...]

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November 19, 2009 by Kirsty in news & media
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In other news…

…things you should read:

Farmlane Books asks whether a similar taste in books is important in a partner
Susan Hill is blogging again – hurrah!
From The F Word – Consumer Direct… Are we missing something?
From The Quack Doctor – La Vida Vibrator!
Vulpes Libris interviews M.J. Hyland
From The Reader Online – Literacy changes your brain
Tabloid Watch on Jan [...]

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October 23, 2009 by Kirsty in blogs, feminism, fiction, news & media
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Book News Round-up

Reaction to Hilary Mantel winning the Booker:

Video of Mantel talking about Wolf Hall
Did the right woman win?
Rescusing the Tudor court from cliche
“I have no inclination to read a book set in Tudor England.”

Today is National Poetry Day:

TS Eliot is the Nation’s Favourite Poet, apparently. I can assure you he isn’t mine.
The blog of a Forward [...]

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October 8, 2009 by Kirsty in fiction, news & media, poetry, prizes
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On second-hand bookshops

The Guardian today has a lovely article on what they deem the ten best second-hand bookshops in Britain. Their list is:

Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumberland
The Book Shop, Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway
Scriveners, Buxton, Derbyshire
Bath Old Books, Bath (no website)
The Haunted Bookshop, Cambridge
Any Amount of Books, Charing Cross Road, London
Westwood Books, Sedburgh, Cumbria
Wenlock Books, Much Wenlock, Shropshire
Scarthin Books, [...]

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October 2, 2009 by Kirsty in bookshops, news & media, places
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The Booker Prize Shortlist 2009

Drumroll please… here’s the official shortlist for the Booker Prize 2009.

The Children’s Book – AS Byatt
Summertime – JM Coetzee
The Quickening Maze – Adam Foulds
Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
The Glass Room – Simon Mawer
The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters

Chair James Naughtie, comments:
“We’re thrilled to be able to announce such a strong shortlist, so enticing that it [...]

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September 8, 2009 by Kirsty in fiction, news & media, prizes
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